70 ESCULENT ROOTS. 



Varieties. 

 Early Black. Bulb nearly spherical, slightly elongated or 



NOIK llATIF. Vil. . 



tapering, nearly of the size and form of the 

 Gray Turnip-rooted ; skin dull-black, rough and wrinkled ; 

 flesh white, solid, crisp, and piquant ; leaves of the size of 

 those of the Gray Turnip-rooted. Season intermediate be- 

 tween that of the last named and the Black Spanish. 



Early Long A sub-variety of the Long Purple, earlier and 



Purple. 

 RAVE VIOLETTK of smaller size. 



HATIF. Vil. 



Early Purple A few days earlier than the Scarlet Turnip- 

 Turnip- 

 rooted. rooted. Size, form, and flavor nearly the same. 



Early Scarlet Bulb spherical, or a little flattened, often 

 Turnip- 

 Booted, bursting or cracking longitudinally before attain- 



ROND ROSE 



HATIF. vil. in g its full dimensions ; skin deep scarlet ; flesh 

 rose-colored, crisp, mild, and pleasant ; neck small ; leaves 

 few in number, and of smaller size than those of the common 

 Scarlet Turnip-rooted. Season quite early, two or three 

 days in advance of the last named. 



As a variety for forcing, it is considered one of the best ; 

 but the small size of the leaves renders it inconvenient for 

 bunching, and it is consequently less cultivated for the mar- 

 ket than many other sorts. 



Extensively grown in the vicinity of Paris. 



Early White Skin and flesh white ; form similar to that of 

 Turnip- 

 rooted, the Scarlet Turnip-rooted. It is, however, of 



ROND BLANC 



UAI-IF. vu. smaller size, and somewhat earlier. An excel- 

 lent sort, and much cultivated. 



Gray Olive- Form similar to the Scarlet Olive-shaped. 

 Skin gray ; flesh white, crisp, and well flavored. 



